Penn State will receive a multiple-year bowl ban and "crippling" scholarship losses but will avoid the so-called death penalty when NCAA president Mark Emmert announces his sanctions against the school Monday, according to a report by Yahoo! Sports.

The penalties were described to Yahoo! as both "staggering" and "significant," something that could most certainly derail plans laid out by new head coach Bill O'Brien, who left his job as the New England Patriots' offensive coordinator to take over for Joe Paterno.

Emmert and the NCAA are certainly breaking some new ground with the penalties.

From the Yahoo! story:

The move will mark a first in NCAA history, in which the president will invoke a defense of the NCAA’s constitution as part of his reasoning for taking the unprecedented steps. The moment is groundbreaking in that Emmert is circumventing typical NCAA process and moving forward without an investigation by his enforcement staff.

In the meantime, the University will remain in full transition mode. Sunday morning, an iconic statue of Paterno was removed from campus grounds, a sign that Penn State is looking to distance itself from an extremely troubled past.